The Heppner
Gazette-Times
M o r r o w C o u n t y ’s H o m e -O w n e d W e e k ly N e w s p a p e r
VOI i n V i 3 WEDNESDAY, J A M ARY 16. 1983
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Heppner, Ortffuri
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Hospital administrator resigns
Pioneer Memorial Hospital Ad
mimstrator John Ochsner submitted
his resignation to a surprised and
shocked" Hospital Board at a spe
cial budget meeting last Friday
morning. Jan II
Fred Martin, chairman of the
hospital Board reports that the
Board has been "happy w ith what he
(K hsner1 has done at the hospital
Ochsner's resignation w ill become
effective February R He says that
although he w ill "hate to leave the
people here at the hospital. " he has a
chance to go with a health care
management company as an admin
istralor and w ill hopefully he provid
ed access to a greater array of
experiences which w ill help his
professional growth
He w ill not
know for a couple of weeks yet
where he w ill la- located, but expects
to continue working in rural hospi
John
Weather
l>> ili«* City of Heppner
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Marine Board to rule on Willow ("reek
Lake use Jan. 17
tals
The decision was not made over
night," he says, "but it was not in
the m ill lor a long time either The
situation came up and I had to give It
some good hard thought
(Khsner officially began as hospi
tal administrator March 5. 1984
Charunan of the Board Martin
says that the board is undetermined
at this point what procedure it w ill
follow in the task of recruiting a new
administrator He says that the last
time the Board was laced with
finding an interim administrator,
they ustsl the services of Brim and
Associates He says (hut the hoard
has not yet determined which proce
dure to use this time, but w ill discuss
the matter at the next regularly
scheduled Hospital Board meeting
Tuesday. Jan 22
Ochsner
Fillies ranked 9 in Oregon
Heppner s Varsity Girls' Basket
ball Team was ranked ninth in the
Slate in Class “ A ", in the coaches
poll released last week At the time,
the Fillies carried a record of 7 1.
having won all their games since a
season opening loss to Imbler
luist Saturday night, on the road,
the scrappy young ladies of Coach
Mike Royer dropped a tense 39-27
game to the No 1 ranked Cmatilla
Vikings The Vikings now carry a
mark of 11-0. and lead Heppner by
one game in the Columbia Basin
Conference's Eastern Division
Friday. January 2S. Cmatilla will
provide a return match with the
Fillies at Heppner High School, at s
p m In risking their top ranking.
Cmatilla w ill match its height and
strength against Heppner s speed
and quickness
H II S fans are encouraged to
include next week's boys and girls
games in their plans The Mustangs
and Fillies have two road games this
week
Friday night at Pilot Rock
and Saturday at Stanfield la-fore
returning home next week for F r i
day s Cmatilla showdown and Satur
day encounters with Wahtonka
Game tunes for all games is 6 p m
for the girls and 7:30 p m for boys
Ice Fishermen fry
co m p le te ly over d u rin g
residents should
Chamber banquet honors businesses
The Heppner M orrow County
Chamber of Commerce held its
annual banquet last Tuesday night,
and honored three local businesses
for economic contributions to the
city.
Central Market, which last year
initiated an ambitious expansion
project doubling the size of its store,
and Heppner Auto Farts which
remodeled the old creamery build
mg and moved in there, were both
presented with plaques of appreci
at ion
Kin/ua Corporation of Heppner
was also presented with a plaque to
show the Chamber's appreciation
for the new wood fired electrical
generating plant being built by the
wood products firm outside town
"The Chamber would like these
businesses to know that their efforts
are appreciated." said Dr Wallace
Wolff, the chamber member who
presented the awards
The banquet. which was decorated
by the Heppner Garden Club using
old oil lamps and other antiques in
honor or Morrow County 's Centen
nial. was headed up by master of
ceremonies. l-arry Mills
Entertainment was provided by
Don Christensen and a group from
the high school performing several
musical selections and the crowd of
over 120 people also heard from
Heppners new mayor Cara Costa,
incoming chamber president. iHiug
Smith and outgoing president. Har
ley Sager
Officers for 1*5 were also instal
led including
Doug Smith, presi
dent Gerald Pierson, first vice
president Birdine Tullis. second
vice president. Justine Weather
ford, secretary , and George Koffler
treasurer
Board of directors for 1*5 in
dude Doug Smith, Gerald Pierson.
Birdine Tullis. Justine Weatherford.
Hob Costa. Jim Hayes. George
Koffler. John (k-hsner, and Judy
closure
The Heppner office of the Depart
men! of Motor Vehicles w ill be
closed Friday, January 18
Creek Lake
recent cold
b e w a re
o f thin
The stale Marine Board has pro
posed restrictions for Willow Creek
laike as follows
Proposed restrictions on the lake
include
It lim iting motorboat
operation on the Balm Fork arm of
the lake to boats with electric
motors having so pounds or less
thrust in an area where the Corps
had proposed no motorboat usage. 2>
restrict motorboat speeds to five
miles perhour or "no wake" on the
W illow Creek Arm of the lake 3« the
open speed portion of the lake w ill I k 1
marked and extend from a "point on
the south shore l.(XX) feet east of the
boat ramp perpendicular across to
the north shore
Wrlgi Terwilliger of the Oregon
Lake
snap, h o w e v e r
was re p o rte d
w ith
w a rm in g
fro ze n
trend
ic e
Slate Marine Board told the Gazette
Times Tuesday that although the
proposal is unique for a small body
of water he is convinced that it ran
w ork" and doesn't believe that the
Board will have any problem with its
adoption
He described it as "a
good solid, proposal "
If adopted as a rule, the proposal
will lie effective in less than 60 days
and w ill In- considered a temporary
guideline If major concerns shoud
develop. Terwilliger says, the Ma
rine Board meets quarterly and
could address those concerns at any
time He continues to explain that
(«■cause of the amount of public
concern over the proposal that Wil
low Creek laike w ill probably be
monitored more closely than some
other areas The Corps, of Fngin
eers. local people, and the Sheriff's
office w ill lie the Marine's Board's
main sources of information, al
though Terw illiger says that should
the waler quality and environment
become a problem, he ex|iccis the
overseeing agencies would inform
the Marine Board
The Marine Board's main charge
is to enhance the pleasure and safety
of boating
The proposed restric
lions w ill I«' discussed al the Board's
January 17 meeting at the Portland
General Electric Service Center in
Salem The meeting w ill la-gin at 9
a m and is open to the public
Hope to trim budget to 8% increase
Bob and
Porne
A lo h a
Despain
B urkenbm e
and
Ernie McCabe
The Budget Committee for the
Morrow County School District has
after study and input from various
Advisory Committees presented a
prospective 1*5 86 budget to the
School Board reflecting a 13 percent
increase in money required from tax
revenues over the 1*4 H5 budget
Morrow County School Suporin
tendent and Budget Officer Doyle
McCaslin has announced that the
administration is hopeful that the
increase can lie cut from a 13
percent increase to an eight percent
increase before going to voters
This year's budget is expected to
include 32.746.632 in carryover funds
which were unused this year, to
apply to next year's budget
The
iotal dollar value is projected at
3R.701 414. an amount more than 31
million over this year's budget
In his budget message McCaslin
cites expected increases in nearly
all areas of the budget
Additional teachers at Sam Board
man. Heppner Junior High, and
Columbia Junior w ill increase the
amount needed for salaries, but
salaries w ill also bo increased Me
Caslin says, "because of the recent
and numerous report* on the stale of
education nationwide, a teacher
shortage is due to bo felt by 19H7 and
to pinch by 1990. and school adminis
trators in Morrow County need a
gi««l teacher recruitment schedule
it replacement* are going to bo
attracted to our area " Becuuse
negotiations are not yet complete
with teacher and classified em
ployee organizations. McCaslin says
that the final amount settled on for
salary increases lias not been deter
mined, but the proposed budget
allows a seven percent increase for
most accounts l«*cause "teacher
salaries in Morrow County are below
the stale's average
Increases in rales for garbage
water, sewer, telephone services
which the district must purchase
from agencies outside the school
district McCaslin says are based on
reasonable increases based on
analysis of the costs and the known
increases in cost for the service
since July of this year In the case of
electricity for example he says that
although the district has been in
formed of a five percent rale in
crease the budget was constructed
to allow for a 12 percent rate
increase which has already t«-en
seen in this year's bills
If the total proposed budget could
bo reduced from the 13 percent
proposer) increase to the hoped for
eight percent increase, the total
amount of the taxes needed to
balance the budget would decrease
from 36.282,108 to 3.897,108 which
roughly translates to an estimated
saving from 37 57 («-r 31.<xx> of
assessed tax valuation to 37 II i « t
31.18X1
McCaslin says that cutting the
budget from the proposed 13 percent
increase, as far down the scale as an
II percent increase, would result in
cuts in the areas of proposed sup(s>rt
programs, or additions to present
equipment, but in trying to cut the
budget further to an eight («orient
increase over last year's budget
may result in loss of funds in areas
of supplies in the classroom and
instruction
Elks free throw contest slated Jan. 26
Committee to plan
10-year reunion
DMV announces
W illo w
School Hoard and Hudget Committee
H um tik e
The committee planning the 10
year reunion for the Heppner High
School Class of 1975 w ill hold an
organizational meeting January 17.
R p m at the Heppner Elks Club
All classmates in the area are urged
to attend
The meeting agenda w ill include
picking a date for the reunion and
com piling addresses of fo rm e r
classmates
For more information, contact
Joyce Hughes 676 5818 or Judy
Eckman 6765228
luck on
■ m V
Kent G o o d ye a r
Local AAUW to hold special meeting
The Heppner Tone branch of Am
erican Association of University
Women w ill focus on "insurance and
finance" al a meeting Thursday.
Jan 17 at 7 p m al the lone United
Church of Christ
Spouses and friends of A A l ' W
members are to be special guests for
the evening "Anyone else interes
ted in A A l W is warmly invited to
attend." said April Hilton Sykes,
membership chairperson Refresh
ments w ill be Mors d oeuvres pro
vided by A A U W members
Anyone needing transportation or
more information call Hilton Sykes.
676 99:19
Fair Board re-elect Daly
The Morrow County Fair Board
met Monday night. Jan 14 to elect
officer* and begin forming the bud
get for the coming year
P i* «*ls>r'*r>r4 « • r>r«»c »H«>M « ft«
icy itaiy with bob McLaughlin elec
ted to serve as vice president < ither
member* of the Fair Board are
Merlvn Robinson. Pete Richards
and Harold Peck
»
The Heppner and lone competition
for the 13th annual Elks lloopp
.shoot, the national free throw shoo!
mg contest for youngsters age eight
through 13, w ill be held Saturday .
Jan 26 from 10-11 30 a m at lone
and from II .301 p m at Heppner,
announced Jim Swanson of lone,
local contest co-ordinator Conte*
tants need to bring proof of age to
enter the frei- throw contest
This is Swanson s loth year of
helping with the annual hoop shoot
He w ill oversee the competition at
the lone High School gym, while
Dale Holland w ill he in charge of the
event at the Heppner High School
gym
Almost three million youngsters
from throughout the country entered
last year's competition for boys and
girls in age categories 8 9. lo - ll, and
12-13 Each contestant has 25 shots
at the hoop The boy and g irl in each
age group with the best scores
advance through four tiers of com
petition to qualify for the national
finals at Market Square Arena in
Indianapolis
lax-al winner* w ill compete a
gainst other contestants in the dist
net event al Hermiston in February
Winners advance through four
tiers of competition local, district,
state and regional semi finals until
only 36 hoys and 16 girls remain
From this final group, one boy and
one girl emerge as national chain
pions in each of the three age
categories
The winners receive
trophies anil their names are in
serdwd on a special plaque in the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
of Fame in Springfield Mass
The Elks Hoop Shoot is the
country's largest free throw shoot
mg contest for youngster* It is also
the largest and most visible of the
many youth activities sponsored by
the Elks and has served to highlight
the Elks' national commitment to
youth
The program began as a local Elks
activity tor young boys in Corvallis
in 1946 Within 12 years, support for
the event had grown enough for the
Elks Oregon State Association to
take il to the stale level And in 1972.
the "Elks Hoop Shoot was expand
ed to include contestants from 19
stales By 1974 girls were added to
the competition, and the program
has continued to grow ever since
The com petition to become a
champion is rugged but rewarding
Af each level, contestants lake a
total of 25 free throws
National
finalists have averaged around 90
percent accuracy in recent years
Families of finalists on the state,
regional and national levels attend
the competition as guests of the
Elks and are encouraged to play an
active part throughout the contest
Please come to lone or Heppner
January 26 and watch our young
people compete." Swanson said
For m ore in fo rm a tio n contact
Swanson or Holland
Mayor Costa announces office hours
Heppner Mayor Cara Costa has
announced that beginning January
19. she w ill maintain office hours
from 9 12 a m on the first and third
Saturday of each month at Heppner
City Hall